THQ Announces Cars Race-O-Rama

THQ
REVS UP THE RACING EXPERIENCE WITH DISNEYPIXAR’S
CARS RACE-O-RAMA

Latest Installment in Top-Selling Kids Video Game Franchise to Feature
Never-Before-Seen Characters, Special Racing Kits and New Tracks

THQ Inc. today announced plans to bring a new video game based on Disney●Pixar’s
highly successful Cars
film,
Cars Race-O-Rama,
to all major systems worldwide beginning in fall 2009.
Cars Race-O-Rama
is currently in development across six game systems, including Wii™ video game
system, Nintendo DS™, the Xbox 360®,
PLAYSTATION®3 , PlayStation®2 and PSP. Cars
Race-O-Rama
will mark the third installment in THQ’s highly successful
Cars video game franchise, which
has shipped more than 13 million units worldwide to date. In addition, the game
will be showcased at the upcoming E3 Expo 2009 being held in the Los Angeles
Convention Center.

In
Cars Race-O-Rama,
players will join Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks in Radiator Springs as they
prepare their academy of student racers to compete in the Race-O-Rama
Exhibition. Players will encounter 12 new playable characters making their
video game debut. A new and improved Lightning McQueen will come fully equipped
with special racing kits, allowing him to better maneuver brand new,
action-packed tracks that will take players to metro city streets, the Baja
desert and sandy beaches. In addition, players are now able to modify Lightning
McQueen’s wheels, rims, hood, side skirt, rear bumper, spoiler and paint with
special customization features, giving Lightning a personalized style and look
that has never been seen before. As players compete in this high-speed, racing
adventure game, they will be able to utilize Lightning McQueen’s newly designed
drifting abilities and perform “Kachow” poses for enthusiastic reporters and
fans encountered throughout the game.
Cars Race-O-Rama
will also feature multiplayer mini-games based on Disney●Pixar’s “Cars Toons,” a
series of animated shorts that are currently being aired on the Disney
Channel.